“Airline Immunity on Threat Reports Tested at High Court”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Court hears dispute between airline, pilot.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp. v. Hoeper, No. 12-315.

“U.S. high court leaves intact $142 million verdict against Pfizer”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has reports headlined “Pfizer Rejected by Top Court on Neurontin Marketing Suits” and “Smith & Nephew’s $85 Million Award Let Stand by Top Court.”

“Abortion Foes Would Let Women Sue Clinics Over Regulation”: Esme E. Deprez of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Senate Republicans Get Argument Time in Recess Case”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Judges question need for Gitmo genital searches”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Federal appeals court judges are questioning whether the government has gone too far in searching the genital areas of Guantanamo detainees who want to meet with their lawyers.”

I will post a link to the audio of today’s D.C. Circuit oral argument when it becomes available online.

Last Friday at the “Lawfare” blog, Raffaela Wakeman had a post titled “Oral Argument Preview: Hatim v. Obama, or the ‘Counsel Access Case.’”

Update: In other coverage, at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Zoe Tillman has a post titled “D.C. Circuit Weighs Challenge to Groin Searches at Guantanamo Bay.”

The D.C. Circuit has posted the oral argument audio at this link (20.3 MB mp3 audio file).

“Appeals court hearings now going live and online”: Bill Mears of CNN.com has this report.

This week (starting today at 5 p.m. eastern time, 2 p.m. pacific time) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is scheduled to hear en banc rearguments in five separate cases. The Ninth Circuit is planning to stream the video of those oral arguments live, online.

Today’s en banc oral argument can be viewed live, online via this link (which currently displays a countdown clock). The Ninth Circuit has also posted online at this link the rehearing petition filed in the case being argued today.

“Texas Supreme Court to Mull Underground Trespassing”: The Texas Tribune has this report.

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted today’s Order List at this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

In early coverage, at “SCOTUSblog” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court bypasses RICO test case.”

“Obama’s Pollution-Control Agenda Goes to Court Tomorrow”: Mark Drajem and Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News have this report.

“N.J. sports gambling to place final bets in the U.S. Supreme Court”: The Newark Star-Ledger has this report.

“Some Wisconsin Supreme Court justices urging senators to support amendment; Change would let high court choose its chief justice”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

“Nadon’s Supreme Court appointment ignores spirit of law, professors argue”: In last Tuesday’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Sean Fine had an article that begins, “Justice Marc Nadon’s appointment to the Supreme Court defies the spirit of a law meant to reassure Quebeckers that judges chosen from their province would understand its civil code, two law professors write.”

“Supreme Court weighs issue of cross-state air pollution”: Richard Wolf will have this article in Monday’s edition of USA Today.

“Internet giants weigh in on defamation lawsuit”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “From Twitter and Facebook to Amazon and Google, the biggest names of the Internet are blasting a federal judge’s decision allowing an Arizona-based gossip website to be sued for defamation by a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader convicted of having sex with a teenager.”

“Satanists seek spot on Oklahoma Statehouse steps”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “In their zeal to tout their faith in the public square, conservatives in Oklahoma may have unwittingly opened the door to a wide range of religious groups, including satanists who are seeking to put their own statue next to a Ten Commandments monument on the Statehouse steps.”

“Terrorism appeal focuses on secrecy”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Amarillo Globe-News.

You can access via this link (16.8MB mp3 audio file) the audio of last Thursday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

“Filibuster rule’s end should help Obama reshape a key court; A Senate filibuster rule change should help Obama reshape the key D.C. Circuit Court, but Republicans have other tools to block nominees”: Timothy M. Phelps has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Update: In other coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Senate Dems push Obama nominees, GOP bides time.”

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Peek-a-boo, the drone sees you.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Censorship 101: What schools are really teaching students when we let them censor their speech.” Law professor Sonja West has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Snowden and Greenwald: The Men Who Leaked the Secrets; How two alienated, angry geeks broke the story of the year.” Janet Reitman has this very interesting lengthy article in the December 19, 2013 issue of Rolling Stone.

“Argument preview: Ill winds and good neighbors.” Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Group asks Supreme Court to stay US Airways-American merger”: Reuters has this report.

“Court: Berkeley woman can sue Austria railroad.” Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report on an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“High Court Revisits Death Penalty for Mentally Disabled”: Stateline, a publication of The Pew Charitable Trusts, has this report today.

“The Supreme Court, moldy washers and the future of consumer class actions”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

“California’s DNA collection law in key legal test”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this report.

“To Lobby or Not to Lobby: That Is an Important Question.” The very interesting essay that Senior First Circuit Judge Kermit V. Lipez has in the Spring 2013 issue of The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process can now be freely accessed online at this link.

Thanks to that publication’s editor, Nancy Bellhouse May, for letting me know. I previously noted the essay in this post from Wednesday.

“Kline seeks Supreme Court reconsideration on license ruling”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “An attorney for former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline has asked the Kansas Supreme Court to consider modifying a ruling that indefinitely suspended Kline’s law license.”

“Federal judge criticized by Supreme Court Justice fires back”: Reuters has this report.

“Supreme Court birth control ruling could ripple widely”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“Senate to move quickly on nominations”: Burgess Everett of Politico.com has a report that begins, “Democrats will take advantage of new Senate rules and rush to confirm six of President Barack Obama’s most prominent nominations over the next two weeks. Senate leadership is aiming to confirm three judges to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals as well as a trio of crucial executive nominations before Dec. 20, Democratic aides said.”

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted the Order List, granting review in one new case, at this link.

In early news coverage, Greg Stohr and Susan Decker of Bloomberg News reports that “Software Patents Get U.S. Supreme Court Review.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether software can be patented.”

The Associated Press reports that “Court to jump into patent discussion.”

At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “Supreme Court Takes Up Patent Eligibility Case.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court to rule on patent rights.”

My earlier coverage of the en banc Federal Circuit’s ruling in this case can be accessed here, here, and here.

“Court panel appears skeptical of L.A. ban on homeless living in cars”: The Los Angeles Times has this report.

You can access at this link the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

There’s nothing like an exegesis on the economic loss rule to get the weekend started off right: Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an opinion written by Senior Circuit Judge Jon O. Newman that begins, “The issue on this appeal is whether, under maritime law, an owner of a vessel may be awarded damages for economic loss due to negligence in the absence of physical damage to its property.”

“U.S. Backs Argentina at High Court in Bank Subpoena Case”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “The Obama administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Argentina’s challenge to a court order requiring two banks to turn over information about the country’s assets.”